Mine-car-truck frame



'March 27, 192s.-

J. R. FLEMING MINE QAR TRUCK FRAME Filed April 23. 1927 Y 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 James /F/em/ l March 27, 1928.

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J. R. FLEMING MINE GAR' TRUCK FRAME Filed April 23, 1927 March 27, 1928.

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A6ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES n. lFLnivu-Ner, on scRANToN, ,PENNSYLVANIA mNEfcAn-Tnncx ERAME.

nppiicatiun ,11166v April 2s, r1927. serial No. 186,935.

Mine' cars, and other industrial cars, which aresubjectedto severe usageaare frequently seriously damaged or ruined by breakage at the corners ofthe truck frame. EThe object of my invention is to so strengthen the corners of this kframe as to guard against such accidental breakage. y The invention comprises a jbracket which is arranged to receive the adjacent ends of the side sill andend sill of the iframe and'to be' bolted thereto. `rlhe'blacket may be of .the double end type or of the single end type. `It may comprise a single ralnethat is bolted to both sills, or it maycomprise two :frames each of which isboltedftoboth sil-ls; `Both sills may rest on the vframein addition to being bolted'thereto, orv only' one of the sills may reston the frame.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate various embodiments of myinvention- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the, carirfam-rorv `truck with brackets nniting the sideand end sills atthe corners, the brackets being V2.5 of thev doubleend type shown in detail in Figs'JQ, y3 and 4.

Fig. 2` is an end View ofa doublehend bracket embodying my invention. y

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-`-3 of Fig.` 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the liney 4-4 of Fig. 2,`with a lip (not shownA in Figs. Zand 8) ad ded thereto.v

' Fig.5 is aplan vView of half a car frame or truck witlibrackets uniting. the side and 4end sills at theA corners, the brackets being ofV the single 'lend typesliown'indetailin Figs. 6, 7 and 8.

Fig. 6 is an en d .View of asingle end bracket embodying my invention.

,-Fig. 7 is aside view of thebracketot Fig. 6, shown attached to asideV sill.

Fig. 8 isa plan view of the bracket shown inFigS.v 6 and y f .Fig. 9 is an end view,.similar toFig. 2, of av modified form of doubleend bracket. Fig 10is a side view of thebracket of Fig. Qattached toz a sidesill.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of saine.

5 p Figs 12 and 13 v are end -vieWs,-similar to i ends.

Figs. -2 and`9, of other modifications of the double end bracket. Y i

Fig. 1 4L isa plan view, similarto Fig. 11,

of a modified single end bracket.

Referring first to thedoubleend bracket;I

construction shownin Figs.1f1 .to4 inclusive:

' V"A rectangularframe a, open at both ends,

lsill Within framea. Frame a isvprovided 'atp opposite l. sides with .laterally extending Iupright wings (2,0, YAEnd'sill g/,extendsbetween Wings e, c Vand a block w,kwhich. acts as a buffer, andV bolts e extend lthrough block fw,"sill, 1/ and wingsc, c. c .One of the wings c may be, provided with aforwardly extending lip orftlange c (Fig. L4') .against-'which the end of end sill y abuts; but 'thislip may be omitted. .Reinforcing webs j connectthe side plates of frame z a'ndr the-,wings-e, 0. f

"The single end bracket constrnction,

Vshown in Figs. 5 to Sinclusive, comprises .an

open-endedrectangular frame f, similar to frame @han angleplate g similar to angle plate 1), and a single lateral wing'h similar tol one of the Wings c. The end of aside sill @extends within frame f and is secured` thereto by, bolts VVThe ,endl of end sill jz/ rests on yangle plate lq and'is secured, by bolts, between Wing L and blockw. The

metal sheath "v of block @extendsy around over the end of en dsill sill m by the bolts i.' n

-ln Figs. 9, 10 and 11 is shown .a modiica tion in which the4 frame 0n, which, like frames a and.f,jreceives theend ofthe side sill, is open ,at thebottom aswell as at the This frame may be conveniently constructed oa-bar ofangle iron, one ange of ,which iscut away for approximately` oneg/ vand is `secured to thirditslength midwaybetvveen its ends. 'By bending the other ange on thelines/mf,

fm/ there Ais formedran open-bottomed, openended framem toreceive the sidev sill, and thevremainmg end. sections of the cut-away flange form the wings n (corresponding to wings c and la) to which the end sill y is bolted. An angle plate 0, bolted to wings n, n, ati'ords, like angle plates b and g, a sup-l port for the end sill y.

Fig. 12 shows a modih'cation which ditfers from that shown in Fig. 9 in that the frame that receives the end of the side sill is open at the top as well as at the ends and bottom. it is, in fact, made of two `separate Aangle irons p between which the side sill is secured by bolts extending through the angle irons and sill. Each angle iron has the flange thereof to which the end sill is bolted corner of the' side sill ,'Fig. 13V shows Vthe same construction as FigglQ except that the angle irons s (corre-V sponding to angle irons p) are unprovided with ears. p j l Fig. 14 corresponds to the construction yshown in Fig.l12 orFig. 13 except that only one -angle ironl t (corresponding to one of the angle irons p or s) is employed.

' In each of the three constructions shown in Figs.12, 13 and 14, angle plates u, forining, like anglepl'ates b, g and 0, supports for the end sills, are riveted tothe bracket to which the sills are bolted.

Havingnow fully described my invention, whatv I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: l

1. Al car truck trame comprising endpsills, side sills extending betweenr the end sills, and a bracket at each-corner; each bracket comprising an upright plate engaging the side of a side sill, an upright wing extending laterally from said plate, bolts securing the side sill to said` plate, and Vbolts securing the end sill to said wing; and a. ledge carried by said bracket and supporting the vend sill. Y

2. A car truck trame comprisingend sills,

sidesills extending between the end sills,.and

a bracket at each corner; each bracket comprising plates betweenlwhich the' end of a 'side sill extends, an upright wing extending p laterally from one of said plates, bolts se- (lll curing'the side sill between said plates, and bolts securing the end sill to said wing.V

3. A car truck trame comprising vend sills, side sills extending between the end sills, and a bracket at each corner; each' bracket comprising plates between which the ends of a side sillextend, upright wings extending laterally outward from the respective plates, bolts securing'the side sill between 'said' plates, and bolts securing the end sill to said wings. Y

4. A car truck frame comprising end sills, side sills extendingbetween the end sills, and a bracket at each corner; each'bracket Aupright wings extending in the same plane laterally from opposite sides of said frame, Y bolts securing the side sill within said frame,

and bolts securing the end sill to both said wings.

6. A corner frame for connecting the ad- 'f jacent ends Vof the side sills and end sills ,of a car truck frame, the sam-e comprising an upright plate to which one sill is adapted to be bolted, an upright wing extending laterally from said plate andftov which the other sill is adapted to beV bolted, and a Vforwardly extending sill-supporting ledge above the level of the bottom ot' saidplate.

7. A cor-ner trame orco'nnecting thev adjacent ends of the side sills and end sills ot a car truck frame, the's'ame comprising two plates adapted to coniine between them yone of said sills, anfupright wing extending laterally from one ofsaid plates and to which the other sill'is adapted 'to be bolted, and a forwardlyV extending sill-supporting ledge labove the level of thelo'wen ends4 of said plates. y 8.v A corner frameV for connecting the adjacent ends of the side sills and end sills ot a car truck lframe, the same comprising two plates adapted to' confine between them one of said sills, vupright wings extending at right angles to the respective plates and to which the other Vsill is adapted to be bolted, and aV forwardly extending sill-supporting ledge above the level of ythe lowerends `ot said plates.

sill is .adapted to be bolted, and a forwardly extending sill-'supporting ledge.V Y 10. A corner'frame orconnectingthe' ad-` jacent ends of the side sills and end sills of a cartruck frame, thesaxne comprising a rectangular trame open at opposite ends and adapted to enclose the end. of one of the sills, upright wings extending in the same plane laterallytrom said frame-'and to which the side of the other sill isfadapted` to'be bolted, and a forwardly extending sill-supporting ledge. j

11.- A carl truck frame comprising'end 110 9. A corner frame `t'or connecting-the adsills, side sills extending between the end sills, one or more upright plates, one or more upright Wings, a forwardly extending ledge above the level of the lower end of said plate or plates, a buffer block, the side sill engaging said plate or plates, the end sill resting on said ledge and engaging said Wing or Wings7 bolts extending through said plate or plates and the side sill, and bolts extending through said block, said end sill 10 and said Wing or Wings.

In testimony of Which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Scranton7 Pa., on

this29th day of March, 1927.

JAMES R. FLEMINGQ 

